Grace Slone Collins | Barry University | Softball | 2009-12
Grace Slone Collins compiled a 3.871 cumulative grade point average in the honors program with dual majors in history and philosophy during her time at Barry University. A four-year starter in the outfield for the Bucs, she was one of the top all-time hitters in the program. She finished her career with a .363 average, 127 runs scored, 229 hits, 64 RBI and 77 stolen bases.
She led the Bucs to a 138-68 record during her career, setting a school record as a junior with a 19-game hitting streak as she led the SSC in batting at .433 and earned First-Team All-America honors from the NFCA.
In four years at Barry, Collins has volunteered with numerous philanthropic organizations, including the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Habitat for Humanity and the Miami Children’s Museum. Collins has spent countless hours involved with Barry-organized events as well. She has taken part in Barry’s Safe Halloween, Miami Shores Community Fest, the Adopt-A-Family Thanksgiving Food Drive and the Gobble Wobble run. Thanks to her record on service leadership, she is the only student-athlete to ever win the President’s Award at Barry University.
Collins initiated the America’s Moms for Soldiers Care Project at Barry, sending monthly care packages to American soldiers, Marines and airmen serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. She was president of the Phi Sigma Tau philosophy honor society, a member of Phi Alpha Theta history honor society and two prestigious national honor societies – Delta Epsilon Sigma and Kappa Gamma Pi. She was also team captain of Barry’s award-winning Ethics Bowl Team.
She earned her juris doctorate from the University of Florida’s Levin School of Law and was the only student-athlete/alumni to serve on the SSC Expansion Committee.